Display box



c.o.ToDD- DISPLAY BOX June 10, 1930.

Filed June 9. 1927 W wm/ amen 0'6 Vmew 7 To the above end, I haveprovided a 7 ing device in the forinof a-thin metallic memberyof pliable character which is secured to f Patented June 10,

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y This invention relates to 'display boxes adapted to exhibit goods on a counter or in a showcase, and more especially past'eboard or wooden boxes such as for instance as are 5 used for notions, 'druggistsfarticles; cigars," etc. It very desirable to provide such a box with an explanatory flap orfhinged lid rising from the rear end there0f butfoldable onto the top of the box when' notinusey hen such panels have been heretoforeemployed, there has been difliculty in making them stand substantially upright. j a I V The object of this invention is to provide such abox with a very simplepermanent attachment, which Whilenot int'crferring'witli the folding of the'fiap or lidwillhold it in open position for display whenever desired. I am aware that various removablefixtures have been devised forholding open'the lids ofcigar boxes, but such devices are comparatively; cumbersomefand require removal whenever the box isto' be closed, andgmore-v over are too expensive orimpractical to enable their use on 'a' pasteboard' box-x thefla'p across the" hinge axis thereof and close to such'axis. Such metallic-'member is a'da' ted to be bent an indefinite number of times in the same region withoutbreaking. It has sufficient stiffness to hold theflap in its upwardly extending position against dis:v

placement by air currents or slight forces, but

" does not interferewith the flapbeing folded down whenever desired; nor does it have a spring action tending tol'return it. i

I have found I can accomplishthe result by gluing or otherwise securing to the desired 0 flap or lid a suitable retainer holding the pliant metallic member-in position across the hinge.

In carrying out my invention it is desirable that the metal stifi'ener in crossing the t hinge axis lie closeto it,".so that the stifi'ener Will not buckle when the hinged panel bends back and forthQIn the case of a. wooden boxa cigar. box for instance-the hinge axis is usually at the intersectionof the underside of the lid with the outer surface atthe viewwhenthe-box isopen. ;c v I My nventionfis veryuseful-for instance 1; w1th paste'board display boxeshavingremov I 1957.] srialjno. 197,630; I Y

rear wall of the box. In .caseit:isdej sirableto placemy stiffener on the front'ori underside ,of, the lid and onthe top and i'nher face ofthe rear wall of the box, .1 Pa:ste% board boxes are frequentlyjmadef of thin enough materialso that thehinge'axis is close toei'ther face and -accordijngly thestiffener y.-

canb'e placed'either 'oiifthe front or the rear 'ofthe flap. In this caseit is desirableito place it on the rear so'that I a it ishidden fro'n able. covers and display flaps securedlto. the

rear wall'of the box andlfoldableonto the' toptheife'of. @On'e of the obj cots-of the invention is toprovide" the holding device 'in such form that it will'innowise interfere with placing'the'coveron the box' the usual Ina-n v j g 7o The invention is hereinafter morefully described in connection. withjthedrawings',

ner.

Whi h illustrate two embodiments of it, and

the essential novel featuresare summarizedin thejclaim'slf c L" In the drawings, isa perspective of aidispl'aybox provided} with oneform of my' flap-supporting device; Fig. :2 isayer-c ticaltransverse section of such box,'with the display flap folded and the box coverin place;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on a larger scale through the folded flap and hinge stifiening member; Fig. 4: is a frag-- arylrear elevation of theflap extended, showing this form of stiffener-with the paper I retainer partly-turned back Fig. 5 is a simi larview of the display fi'ap'with'a modified "forinof stiffening 'device;"Fig.: 6 is anien .larged cross sectionalperspectiveof this form of the stiffening device. 1

As shown in F' gs. 1 'nd 10:-.designat-es dividingiit into compartments, 20. desig-i D e he p ay fl p. h ch has a. 1 e 'P tion 21" glued to the reariwall 14 of the box, This flap is adapted to be folded down on the box, shown as having vertical partitions top of" the box abouta hinge axis along the line of. the top .of the rearfwall ll ilT-he flap gnablee'asi r ld ay besuitablyfscoredalong Such linento walls adapted to embrace the walls of the 30 designates the box cover which has side box with the usual snugness in the case of the front and ends, while at the rear there is sufiicient clearance to allow for the anchorage of the flap as well as for the stifi'ening device,

7 about to be described, though such clearance is exaggerated in Fig. 2.

-My retaining device, as explained, oomprisesla metallic member of special character secured to the flap across its hinge axis. Such member is shown in Figs. 1 to 4 as comprising a thin rectangular plate 40 secured'in place by a larger sheet of paper 41 extending behind the plate aO-and glued to'the plate and beyond itto the flap. I have found by experience that I can accomplish the result by using a very pliable piece of brass, copper or other soft metal or alloy ofathiclrness of about one hundredth of an inch.

In place of the metallic plate, I found good results can be accomplished by securing a plurality of pliable wires to the flap across the hinge. 'In this case, the wires are preferably previously placed between two paper sheets glued together and then such device is glued to the flap; This is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, wherein the two wires are designated 45 and thetwo sheets embracing them, 46 and 4:7.

It will be noticed that whichever formof retainer is provided, itis not necessary that it be located with precision so long. as it crosses the hinge axis. This is illustrated in Fig. 5, wherein the stiffener is'shown to be slightly skewed with reference to the vertical.

. This enables the device to be applied to the paper flap glued to the rear wall of the box 7 and scored along the line of the top of the rear wall of the box and thereby foldable onto the top ofthe box, a cover, the walls of which are adapted to embrace said box with its flap folded, a pliable thin metallic member in approximately vertical position across the hinge axis of thefiap, and paper covering the metallic member and extending laterally be yond it and glued to, the rear face .of the flap both abovef'and below the hinge, axis thereof.v

2. The combination of a box, a flap hingedly connected to the rear wall of the box and extending upwardly and adapted to fold down on top of the box along the hin'geaxis,

a thin pliable metallic member held across the hinge axis and in contact throughout its length with the surface of the flap by means of a retainer extending laterally beyond the member and secured to the rear face of the flap beyond opposite edges of the member.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a box having walls and a flap so connected to one of the walls that it may fold on an axis adjacent the top of such wall into a horizontal position on top of the box or an inclined position upwardly and outwardly from such wall, and a stiffening device secured to the foldable portion of the flap above and substantially down to the hinge axis and held rigid with the box wall below and substan tially up to the hinge axis, whereby the stiffening device will not bow away from the flap when the latter extends backwardly at an obtuse angle to the box wall.

4. A box comprising walls and a flap so secured to one of the walls that it may fold on an axis adjacent the top of such wall into a horizontal position on top of the box or an inclined position upwardly and backward- 9 ly from'such wall and a thin pliable metallic memberheld across the hinge axis in a substantially upright direction and held in contact with the foldable portion of the flap and substantially down to the hinge axis, and rigid with the wall substantially up to the axis, such retention being'by means of a retainer extending laterally beyond the metallic member.

5. A pasteboard box comprising a bottom tion of the flap just above the hinge axis and rigid with the wall below and up to the hinge axis. whereby the metallic member will not how away from the flap when the latter extends backwardly at an obtuse angle to the box wall.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature. p

CHARLES O. TODD. 

